Job Description

Buckle (NYSE: BKE) is a publicly traded specialty fashion retailer. We are seeking a highly skilled Corporate Accountant to join our team to help maintain accurate financial records, prepare financial reports, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
This description intends to describe the general nature and level of work performed by Teammates assigned to this job. It is not intended to include all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Financial Reporting & Accounting Operations

• Maintain accurate financial records, including the preparation of daily, monthly, and quarterly journal entries and reconciliations.
• Prepare, analyze, and distribute monthly financial reports to various business units.
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.
• Perform ad hoc analyses as requested and work on special projects as needed.
• Research new accounting pronouncements and the related impacts on Buckle.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Audit Support

• Collaborate with other departments to ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial information.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with all banking relationships. Act as liaison between banking institutions and store leadership.
• Support internal and external audits as a key contact for the auditors.

General

• Fulfill mission statement by performing job duties with a high level of customer service while contributing to a positive team spirit.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. Retail or ecommerce experience preferred.

Additional Qualifications

• Solid understanding of accounting principles and practices.
• Strong analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• High level of integrity, keen attention to detail, and a strong sense of urgency.

Key Competencies

• Proactively identifies opportunities for improvement across teams, systems, or processes, and takes ownership in designing and implementing effective, forward-thinking solutions.
• Sets and upholds high personal and professional standards, consistently seeking ways to enhance efficiency, productivity, and quality in all areas of responsibility.
• Operates with a strong sense of personal accountability, demonstrating resilience and optimism while continuously evaluating and refining performance to drive results.
• Makes decisions aligned with Buckle’s mission and values, safeguarding confidential and proprietary information while considering long-term business impact.
• Applies deep subject matter knowledge and critical thinking to solve complex problems, streamline operations, and contribute to sustainable organizational success.
• Builds high-performing teams by proactively managing conflict, delivering timely and constructive feedback, recognizing accomplishments and addressing performance concerns with clarity and empathy.
• Demonstrates unwavering integrity in all actions, consistently upholding Buckle policies, procedures, and Buckle’s Code of Ethics, even in challenging or ambiguous situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the Teammate is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The Teammate is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The Teammate must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Ability to operate a motor vehicle and complete errands based on business needs.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the Teammate regularly works in an office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Buckle is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified Teammates from the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Equal employment opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Buckle, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination and retaliation because of veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, national origin or ancestry, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable local, state, or federal law. For state specific information, refer to the Teammate Center.

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